Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-22
HORSE GOSSIP.

Racing association will be held at Troy,
N. Y, beginning June oath. Purses
amounting to 81, 700 will be offered.
|. V. Baker, Jr., of the Great Meadow
farm of Comstocks, N. Y, has shipped to
l.. H. kengler of southern Kansas year
ling colt by Meander, first dam Norma.
The price was $500.
Black Diamond is owned by Isaac Camp
bell of Barnard in Windsor county He
was exhibited at Rutland. He took his
name from horse owned in the northern
part of Vermont long since dead
Sllverone three years old, record 2:2tlI,
by Alcyone will be in the string of Knapp
Mccarthy this season. Horsemen pre-
dict that she will trot in 2l6. 1t was Silver
one that drove Patron to his record of
2:1914
w. H. Crawford sold Problem and
Alert at auction at the Bay District track,
san Francisco, on April ., the former for
S3,4OO, to Mr.. Bennett of Chicago, and the
latter for $500, to John Armstrong of
Detroit.
Ed Little of North Hero writes that
while in Alburgh the other day, he called
to see the colt owned by j. Eddy, sired by
! Goodwin's Hambletoniqn, dam by Rowes
Black Hawk. This colt he thinks the best
one in Grand Isle county of his age.
The challenge of Mr.. f. j. Baldwin to
run Volante against any horse in the
world, one mile and half, weight for
} age, for $4,000 has been accepted by Mr..
, A. j. Cassatt, who names The Bard The
race Will probably be run at Monmouth
park in July.
S. e Melen of Middlebury has pur-
chased of NJ. Corey, Montpelier, four
! year-old bay mare, perfectly green, 10
hands high, sired by Auctioneer 2:3l. dam
Waikiki Maid 10y Waikiki Chief, She has
fine open gait, is a very fast walker, and
has right to trot fast this season.
Il Of
bought for the Highlawn stock farm five
year old hand high chestnut geldlng,
| by Alcyone, dam Annie Easton, the dan
OF Endymon, 2:234, by Morgan Rather.
lie cost $500, and Is said to have trotted
mile last fall in 2:26
John s. Clark of New Brunswick, n. j.,
recently sold to Mr.. NJ. V. Wagner, pro
prietor of Wagner Stock Farm Marshall,
Mich, bay mare Sadie Wilkes, foaled 1879,
by George Wilkes, dam Betsey Compton,
by Blood's Black Hawk. This mare has
shown trial in 2:2l15.
Among the entries to the y. f. Breed
ers stakes we notice the five years old
filly Alaska by Alcyones, dam Wnehah
! by Curtis Hambletonian entered by j. G.
Davis, agent Highlawn stock farm, Lee
Mass Alaska is full sister to Alcman one
of the recent purchases of f. +. Brownell
from Highlawn.
John p. Williams of Shrewsbury, says
Parrish's Hambletoniau, was raised by
Chas. Gleason, then living in Clarendon,
Rutland county, If so, his record equals
that of Rex, and with his is the fastest
thus far known of any horse raised in that
State.
The death of the trotting mare Phyllis,
while on the voyage to Australia, is an
nounced. Phyllis was only recently sold
by Charles Wagner of Dickinson's Land.
ing, Ont. to Detroit man, Mr.. Campeau,
for Sl2, 800. The latter's object in buying
was to resell the mare to parties in Aus
tralia, which he did for $4,000
A Lyndon horseman says: about the
fastest REGARD in Vermont, your cores
pendent has Englished exactly the claim
| of Elsie Giof. She did trot at Barton
in October, 1855, but only twice around
the track, which is one-fourth furlong
snort OF half mile, making the mile one
half furlong short"
from northern New York trotters to Pough-
keepsie to shape up for the Eastern cir
cult. He Will ihave in training the blk. M
Bessie Sheridan, 23l4, the b. 8. WaXford
22714, the CHI. & Dan, ? rs, the br. e. W.
Bird by Waxfofd and Gil Van Al by S Hyperio r
dam Little Eva's dam, neither with rec
ords.
1t is quite compliment to New Eng
land breeders to have their colts sought
after for stock purposes by breeders in the
famous Blue Grass section, ard high
compliment both to Sherline and Ken
lucky Wilkes. Gen. b. F. Tracy has a
great horse in Mambrno Dudley, 2:20 l-2
but we predict that within five years Ken
lucky Wilkes will have the call at Marsh
nd.-CultiuatOr.
Harry Clay, the great sire of speed pro
ducers, died on April 8, at Middletown
stock farm, at the age of "a years. Harry
Clay was foaled in 1853, at Vantage, n.
J.. sired by Neaves Cassius NJ Clay.
lie was great sire of producers,
eight of his daughters being the dams of
~ performers, among them st. Julien,
2ll4; Elaine, 22O; Dame Trot, 2:22
Prospero, 2:2O: Bodine, 2:19l4; and Gaz-
ellie, 2:2l.
Mr. 5. F. Smith of Shrewsbury says ].
z. w. is breeding some valuable colts.
His brood mare is daughter of Gen.
Sherman, and she has produced the five
year-old chestnut stallion Franklin Boy,
No. 772, by Ben Franklin, a large brown
geldlng coming three years by Addison
Lambert" chestnut colt coming one
years by son of Addison Lambert and
is expected to drop foal by Ben Frank
lin this spring.
colt marked like old Ethan Allen with
snip and three white feet. He was bred
by V. NJ. and |. +. Hubbard of Rochester
and foaled i'll June, 1885; sire, Thought,
! son of Daniel Lambert dam, an excel
lent black mare by the Carlos Lille horse
of West Randolph. Rochester Lambert
now stands 10 hands and weighs $50
pounds. He has the perfect style and &C
! ton of his sire, it is said, with indication
of high speed. He will be kept for stock
purposes by his breeders.
The peerless Maud S, the famous trot
ter is quartered in the stables of her own
er, Robert Bonner on Fifty fifth street
She is in fine condition, and, of course,
she is receiving the best of care. John
Murphy, her trainer. exercises her every
day. During the "a hours she has four
meals. At O'Clock in the morning she is
permitted to drink all the water she
wants, and 6fterward has two quarts of
oats. A noon she is again fed two quarts
of the same grain. A bout o'clock she
has 10 pounds of hay. Her last meal
occurs at S o'clock. Then her diet is
changed, and consists of IA mash composed
of two quarts of bran mixed with two
quarts OF oats. She has dessert in tire
shape of three or four carrots. When